CHAMPCAR/CART: Team Player''s Testing on Homestead Oval

Homestead, Florida, March 3, 2000 With three weeks to go before the first
race in the 2000 FedEx CART Championship series, Player's drivers Patrick
Carpentier and Alex Tagliani today completed a productive testing session
on the 1.5-mile...

Homestead, Florida, March 3, 2000 With three weeks to go before the first
race in the 2000 FedEx CART Championship series, Player's drivers Patrick
Carpentier and Alex Tagliani today completed a productive testing session
on the 1.5-mile Homestead oval they will be racing on at the March 26
season opener.

The Friday session capped a busy week for Team Player's that began with
Carpentier testing the short-oval wing package on the track in Phoenix
last Monday before putting in laps on the Homestead road course on
Thursday a day after Tagliani had conducted testing on the same
configuration.

"We're extremely pleased with the progress we were able to make this
week," said Team Player's manager Phil LePan. "I think it puts us right
where we want to be heading into the season. Both the crew and the drivers
have worked hard during our off-season testing program and it has produced
some very positive results."

Tagliani, whose time of 26.4 seconds was one of the fastest laps of the
day, said the sessions this week have been most beneficial as he prepares
to embark on his rookie season in the CART series.

"I think it was extremely important to have the opportunity to fully
simulate race conditions," explained Tagliani who put in 150 laps. "Until
today, I wasn't really sure how I would feel after putting in a long
stretch like that, but at the end of it, I felt really great. Now, I can't
wait to be able to go out there and do it under competitive conditions."

Carpentier, who had his session on the Homestead road course cut short
earlier in the week because of a broken fuel pump, made the most of a full
day's session on Thursday.

"We were able to make a lot of progress on the Homestead road
configuration, especially on the fast corners," stated Carpentier. "It
shares similarities with the track at Portland, and the work we did here
should help us with our set-up for that race. I thoroughly enjoyed working
with my new engineer (Canadian Michael Cannon). I think the chemistry on
our team is outstanding."

LePan, who was impressed by the team's Reynard/Ford Cosworth package and
the way the Champ Car handled, said there is a possibility Team Player's
will be able to squeeze in another day of testing prior to the season
opener.